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as israel continues to build settlements, the u.s. is intensifying efforts to stop a palestinian effort for nonmember state recognition at the u.n.. the white house says president obama called palestinian president abbas on sunday in a bid to convince him to delay the move. the u.s. has been elected to a new term on the u.n. human rights council, winning another three years. the obama administration has played an active role of the council after the bush administration refused to take part. on monday, u.n. ambassador susan rice said the u.s. is determined to reform the council, saying it's too biased against israel. >> the on it states is clearly of the the human -- the united states is clearly of the view there are many flaws and i highlighted many of them regarding israel. it is a body increasingly proving its by you and we been proud to contribute to some of what we think are the final moments of the human rights council approach to syria, sudan, its approach to the situation in libya with the commission of inquiry's. >> the human
as israel continues to build settlements, the u.s. is intensifying efforts to stop a palestinian effort for nonmember state recognition at the u.n.. the white house says president obama called palestinian president abbas on sunday in a bid to convince him to delay the move. the u.s. has been elected to a new term on the u.n. human rights council, winning another three years. the obama administration has played an active role of the council after the bush administration refused to take part. on...
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the south of israel. the israeli authorities believe they could no longer sit by and not respond to this latest round of fighting the hamas initiative. >> can you respond to what james said and also talk specifically about what you do in your most recent article, yousef munayyer? >> i think one of the biggest mistakes we make is we totally removed the situation from the context in which it is in. to describe this as a war is incorrect. if it is a war, it is a war on the people of gaza. to describe it as a war increase the impression there are two people sides in any way is really misleading. this is not an international conflict between two states. this is a domestic issue within the israeli state that it is using massive force to repress the palestinian population. if you look at the gaza strip on the map, it is this tiny strip of land in the corner of what was palestine. a 80% of the people there are not from the gaza strip. there from outside the gaza strip. they were made refugees in 1948. what you ha
the south of israel. the israeli authorities believe they could no longer sit by and not respond to this latest round of fighting the hamas initiative. >> can you respond to what james said and also talk specifically about what you do in your most recent article, yousef munayyer? >> i think one of the biggest mistakes we make is we totally removed the situation from the context in which it is in. to describe this as a war is incorrect. if it is a war, it is a war on the people of...
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israel is attacking people who are inside their homes. we have seen a lot of the families trying to flee the borderline area to go to the middle of the gaza strip, but in the middle of the gaza strip that are being bombed by f-16's. those who are fleeing because they for the warships are going to fire at them, they're faced with f-16's firing at them in the middle of the gaza strip. same for those living on the east of gaza city who are facing constant gunfire from the border. >> mohammed omer, you arerafah. you were there earlier today? >> i was in rafah and does the city today. i commute between them. i'm still in gaza city. i wrote return to raha from gaza city and now back to rafah. >> i spoke just before dawn today with u.s. president obama and we spoke about the necessity of ending this aggression, and making sure it is not repeated. peace and security in the region is the right of all without aggression and this type of blood shed. during our conversation, we examined the was in which we could calm the situation at and this aggress
israel is attacking people who are inside their homes. we have seen a lot of the families trying to flee the borderline area to go to the middle of the gaza strip, but in the middle of the gaza strip that are being bombed by f-16's. those who are fleeing because they for the warships are going to fire at them, they're faced with f-16's firing at them in the middle of the gaza strip. same for those living on the east of gaza city who are facing constant gunfire from the border. >> mohammed...
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meanwhile, on sunday, israel fired a guided missile into syria as a warning shot. in the basque region of spain, residents in barricada held a vigil to pay homage to a 53- year-old woman who jumped from a balcony to her death as she was about to be evicted. the death of amaia egana marked the second suicide related to evictions in spain after a growing movement has put pressure on authorities to act. the government and opposition leaders were expected to meet on monday to work on changes to the country's mortgage laws which critics say favor banks and fail to cancel debts, even homes are repossessed. maine has seen a mounting economic crisis with unemployment now exceeding 25%. a general spite -- strike in spain has been called for wednesday. @meanwhile, greece has passed a new austerity budget amidst mass protests in spending cuts and tax hikes. 15,000 anti-austerity demonstrators gathered outside the parliament. protesters condemned european leaders who demanded greek cuts in exchange for an international bailout. >> this is a budget that will bleed the greek peo
meanwhile, on sunday, israel fired a guided missile into syria as a warning shot. in the basque region of spain, residents in barricada held a vigil to pay homage to a 53- year-old woman who jumped from a balcony to her death as she was about to be evicted. the death of amaia egana marked the second suicide related to evictions in spain after a growing movement has put pressure on authorities to act. the government and opposition leaders were expected to meet on monday to work on changes to the...
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israel and the united states keep them alive, basically. they don't want them to starve to death, but their life is set up so that you cannot have a dignified decent life. one of the words your most often is "dignity." they would like to have dignified lives. the standard is really position is they should not raise their heads. it is a pressure cooker that could blow up. people cannot live like that forever. >> you describe it in a piece he wrote as an open air prison. >> it is an open-air prison. people have been in jail [indiscernible] the overwhelming feeling everyone gets is someone else is in total control. there is an arbitrary authority who can control anything you do -- stand up, sit down, find something to eat, go to the bathroom you cannot do anything, they all determinate. people find ways to adapt, but it is just -- it is constant subjugation to an external force, which has no purpose except to humiliate you. of course, they have pretext. everybody has pretext. >> this is the first time you were there, though you have written ab
israel and the united states keep them alive, basically. they don't want them to starve to death, but their life is set up so that you cannot have a dignified decent life. one of the words your most often is "dignity." they would like to have dignified lives. the standard is really position is they should not raise their heads. it is a pressure cooker that could blow up. people cannot live like that forever. >> you describe it in a piece he wrote as an open air prison. >>...